HONG KONG — Indian drama “Court ” added to its haul of festival prizes by winning the Silver Screen Award for best film at the revived Singapore International Film Festival (Dec. 4-14, 2014). The film’s first time feature director Chaitanya Tamhane also took home the best director awa...

Fox International Channels is to co-produce four upcoming features being produced by Singapore ’s mm2 Entertainment . The deal sets FIC’s Star Chinese Movies channel as co-producer and gives FIC first-run and exclusive pay-TV rights in multiple territories. The deal covers two films d...

China ’s Bona Film Group , Singapore private equity fund Tembusu Partners and Singapore entrepreneur Calvin Cheng are to establish a US$100 million fund targeted at China’s media and entertainment industry. The fund will be one of the first non-Reminbi dominated funds to invest in Chi...

Jack Neo , Singapore ’s most successful film director, is to direct a two-part comedy drama that chronicles the city-state’s development since the end of the colonial period and its separation from Malaysia. “Long Long Time Ago ” will shoot in Malaysia from May next year, and see the ...

It’s not for want of trying, but the Singaporean film industry continues to struggle to make its voice heard. Since the island-state’s Media Development Authority was formed in 2003, the numbers the organization has released have certainly been impressive, given Singapore’s tiny domes...

Singapore ’s Films Appeal Committee has upheld a ban on the political documentary “To Singapore With Love ,” directed by Tan Pin Pin. In September the country’s Media Development Authority gave the film a “not allowed for all ratings” classification, effectively preventing it from bei...

As its title indicates, “The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin ” takes a decidedly optimistic view of the digital currency some call “the money of the future,” while others — little heard from here — dismiss it as a overblown hype doomed to failure. The consistent rah-rah tenor makes Nicholas ...